Vehicle-top bow-holder.



No. 866,416. PATENTED SE PT.17, 1907.

0. L. BAIR.

VEHICLE TOP Bow HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APE.3,1907.

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CLARENCE L. BAIR, or SANTFRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.-

VEHICLE-TOP BOW-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed April 3. 1907. Serial No. 366,070.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cnannlvcn L. Barn, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of SanFrancisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Top Bow-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of vehicle-tops in which, by reason of pivotally connected side-bows, the top is adapted, when out of use, to be folded back. When thus folded the bows rest upon each other and develop, under the strains of vehicle travel, consider'able friction andchafing. This is especially true of automobile tops, which, on account of their. weight andthe excessive shaking to which-they are exposed, are subject to great bow-friction, often resulting in the breaking of bows and rivets. v

The object of my invention is to provide a holder readily'appi'pcabmq bows oTthe' vehicle-top, whichholder will separate the bows, and separately support the weight of each, with the result of pre venting chafing between the bows, and avoiding breakage of bows or rivets. l

To these ends my invention-consists in the novel construction of the bow-holder, which I'shall now fully describe, by reference to the accompanying drawings in which I Figure l is a perspective view of my holder, showing its swinging; arm slightly open. Fig. 2 is aviewshowing the holder applied to the bows of a vehicle-top. Fig. 3 is a view showing part of the holder stock, with an extension bracket applied to it. I

I 'is the stock ofthe holderconsisting of a" bar of suitable material. p I g 2 is the arm of the holder, consisting of a bar which is formed or provided on its inner face with a series of; spaced tongues 3, which form, with the adjacent face of the stock, a series of sockets 4., to separately embrace and support the bows oi the vehicle top.

The stock and the arm are hinged together at their lower ends, as shown at 5. The upper end of the arm is provided with ahole 6, which is adapted to fit over and to be engaged by a bolt 7 carried in the' stock. The bolt 7 is suitably seated to slide in the stock, and it is controlled ;by a spring 8. A thumb piece 9 at the base of the bolt furnishes a grip to enable it to be retracted, in order to release 'the arm 2;

the latter is provided with a thumb piece 10 at its. top, to provide convenient means for throwing it back to an open-position when released by the bolt.

From the stock 1 projects the lug 11, which, by means of the bolt 12, is secured to the arm-l3 which projects from the vehicle-body. The device is thus securelyiastened to the vehicle-body, and is. adapted to receive the bows-14 oi-the vehicletop, in the: sockets 4, as seen in 2. -'When the m2 is opened away from tlie stock, the bows 14 readily. enter between the arm and stock. Then the arm is swung towards the stock, and its top is caused to engage the spring bolt 7. In this position,. each bow lies in its .own' socket of the. holder, which is held firmly to them. The bows are thus kept from touching, so that they will not chaie or rub; and each bow is separately carried, no one supporting the weight of the other, thereby avoiding any breaking of bows or rivets. In order to prevent the holder from chafing the bows,

a suitable lining may b'eprovided, or, as-;I have shown in Fig. 2, a, small brass'plate 15 may be screwed to the'bow, to serve as a wearing surface.

In case the holder'ha's to be adjusted further away I from the body, or turned to a different angle to suit the bows, I have an extension bracket 16, shown'in Fig. 3, which is placed between" the lug 11 and the arm,13, said extension bracket being secured to the lug.by. the bolt 12 and was bod," arm by the bolt 17.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire t9 secure by Letters Patent is 1. A vehicle-top bow-holder, comprising a fixed stock;

an opposing movable arm, the adjacent faces of the stock and arm being formed 'to separately embrace and support the bows of thevehicletop; and means for securing the stock and arm together upon said bows.

2. A vehicle-top bow-holder, comprising a fixed stock; in opposing movable 'arm having upon its inner-face means to separately embrace and support the bows of the vehicle-top; and means for securing the stock, and arm together upon said bows.

-3. A vehicle-top bow-holder, comprising a fixed stock; an opposing movable arm, having upon its inner face a series of spacedtongues which form with the adjacent face of the stobk a series of sockets to separately embrace, and supportithe bows of the vehicle-top; and means for securing thestock and arm together upon" said bows.

4. A vehicle-top bow-holder, comprising a stock an arm hinged thereto at one end, the adjacent faces 01 the stock and arm being formed to separately embrace and support the bows of the vehicle-top; and a detachable fastening between the other ends of said stock and arm,

whereby they are held together upon and released from said bows. r

5.'A vehicle-top -bowholder, comprising a's tock; an

.arm hinged thereto at one end, said arm having upon its inner face, means to separatelyembrace and support the bows of the vehicle-top; and a detachable fastening be "tween the other ends of said stock and arm, whereby they are held'togetlier upon and rel'e'ased from said bows.

6. A veliicleto'p bow-holder, comprising a stock; an arm hinged at one end to the stock and having on its inner face a series of spaced tongues which form with the adjacent face of the'stock a series of sockets to separately embrace and'support the bows of the vehicletop; and a detachable fastening between the other end of the arm and-the stock, whereby they are held together upon and released from said bows.

7.. A vehicle-top bow-holder, comprising a stock; an

arm hinged thereto at one end, the adjacent faces of the stock and arm being formed to separately embrace and support the bows of the vehicle-top; and a spring-controlled catch carried by the st ck, wlth whlch the free spring-controlled catch carried by the stock, with which the free end of the arm is adapted to engage to hold the stock and'arm on-tbe bows.

9. A vehicle-top bow-holder, comprising a stock having means for securing it to the vehicle-body; an arm hinged at one end of the stock, the adjacent faces of the stock and arm being tormed to scparately embrace and support the bows of the vehicle-top; and a detachable fastening between the other ends of said stock and arm, whereby they are held together upon and released from said bows. 10. A vehicle-top bow-holder, comprising a stock having meansfor securing it to the vehicle body; an arm hinged at one end to the stock, said arm having upon its inner face, means to separately embrace and snpport the bows of the vehicle-top; and a detachable fastening between the other ends of said stock and arm, whereby they are held together upon and released from said bows.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE L. BAIR. Witnesses:

N. A. AUKER, L. E. WiLKiNs'. 

